Sermon Satire and Clerical Debate in 1761 London
A reflective piece discusses a London coffee-house scene where patrons debate a sermon preached before the king at St James's from Esther. Mordecai the Few sparks speculation about Jewry and banishments, with learned asides on earlier sermons and clerical figures, including Dr Sheridan and Dean Stanhope, and a note on Addison's views on clergy style.
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St. James's
Mordecai
King's
Haman
St. James’s
Dean Stanhope
Sheridan
Lord Orrery
George the
Merchant Taylor’s Company
London
Brune
Addison
Sperator
Tilltian
Sherlock
College of Physicians
Army
Richmond
Fan
London Gazette reports royal orders and naval actions
The document records King George III appointing commissioners for customs excise and licensing as well as naval events. It notes captures near Scilly, casualties on the Venus, and communications from Halifax. It also includes Montreal and Montreal-area observations, Canadian hardships from crown finances, and various vessel movements and shipwreck recoveries.
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John Evelyn
Richard Cavendish
Beaumont Hotham
Samuel Mead
William Levint
Edward Hooper
Thomas Tath
Glaudius Amyand
Henry Pelham
Elqrsto
Great Britain
England
William Burton
John Orlebar
Earle
John Wyndham
Bowyer
Frederick Frankland
David
Papillon , the Younger
William Gayley
George Lewis Scott
Henry Poole
Wales
Berwick Upon Tweed
Edward
Alvey
Henry
Falbor
Josttan Churchill
John
Milbanke
Denzil Onslow
Efgrs
John Cookson
Thomas Bond
Soley the Younger
Thomas’ Nuthan
Richard Capper
His Majesty
Venus
Harrison
Plymouth
Brune
Phillips
Scilly
Matter
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
Commodore Swanton
Lord Colville
Montreal
Crown
France
Vaudreuil
Siotyber
Toulon
St. Anne
Martinico
Lisbon
Bisa
George Town
Yoens
London
Aberdeen
St. Juan of St. Sebastians
Juan Manuel de Barreurhea
St. Sebastians
Dublin
Tower of Waterford
Aurora
Lesslie
Gottenburgh
Isle of Man
Orkneys
Dorothy
Burden
Virginia
Spithead
Union
Cook
Dorset
Gregg
Tavigrion
Darby
Newfoundland
Gibraltar
Swift
Street
Oporto
Dartmouth
Degen
Ruffel
Capel
Lady Juliana
Hamilton
Port News Item From Dispatches
Port messages report arrival of Majesty's Ships Maidstone Biddeford and a transport Felicity, with other vessels named including Belfast bound ships and multiple arrivals from Amsterdam Naples Rochelle and Rochelle area. The scrambled wording notes Gibraltar and Belfast movements and several ship names such as Cecilia Larno Purgatoria De Palma and Leopard with various origins and destinations.
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Deal
Iis Majesty
Maidstone
Biddeford
Eri
Bini Ua
Balmored Ar Nia
Eiiidin
Gibraltar
Ancy
Gore
Belfast
Felicity
Bibaie
Youngearia
de Mnion
Reyn
Vag
Amsterdam
Cecilia
Larno Purgatoria
de Palma
Naples
de Leopard
Thwain
Bin
Rochelle
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Titfortar
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London Gazette
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